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A Day to Remember September 11, 2001 Our thoughts and hearts are with the many dead and missing in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania. We mourn those who perished but we do not condone attacks here at home on Arab-American or other innocent people based on the color of their skin or the country they originally come from. We agree with those who believe that the best way we can honor the victims of the attacks of September 11th is to stand up for the basic values America has always aspired to. We support the women and men in the military who are risking their lives to protect us. Many IBEW Local Unions have pledged to support all efforts by the labor movement to raise monetary support for the union families affected by the September 11th Tragedy. Contributions can be made to a number of relief funds: IBEW - September 11th Relief Fund, 1125 15th Street. NW, Washington, DC 2005 AFL-CIO Union Community Fund -- September 11 Relief Fund, 815 16TH St., NW Washington, DC 20006 New York City Central Labor Council Disaster Fund, 386 Park Avenue So. New York, NY 10016 Washington, DC and No. Virginia Disaster Fund, 1925 K Street. NW #410, Washington, DC 20006 (make checks payable to community services agency)
EWMC Conference Call The opening session of the EWMC’s 12th annual national meeting is at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, January 18, 2001 The Awards Banquet is Saturday evening and the conference will end no later than 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. The registration fee is $174.00, and includes meeting materials, a dinner on Saturday and EWMC 2002 membership dues ($24.00). Article IV, Section 4 requires payment of the current year’s membership dues before admission to the meeting.
To pre-register, please complete the enclosed registration form and mail $174.00 to PO Box 642, El Cerrito, CA 94530 no later than January 7, 2002.
Hotel:
Please contact the hotel now to make your room reservations by calling 800/525-2888 or 303/861-2000. The EWMC special room rate is available on a first come first serve basis. The hotel requires all reservation requests by no later than 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time on January 7, 2002. Reservations received after this date or after our block of rooms is exhausted are subject to space and rate availability. Cancellation of individual reservations must be made 48 hours prior to the date of arrival. A charge amounting to the first night’s room rate and applicable taxes will be assessed for the individual cancellations made within 48 hours prior to arrival.
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EWMC Scholarship The EWMC will award the second annual $500 scholarship to the child of a national EWMC member in good standing. Address scholarship request letters to the EWMC at PO Box 642, El Cerrito, CA 94530. A scholarship candidate must be the child of a national EWMC member and be a high school student who has graduated or is graduating in the year of the drawing. A copy of the diploma or a letter from the high school confirming graduation in the year of the drawing must be attached to the scholarship request. Scholarships are approved for enrollment in a State certified trade school or a college certified by the Department certified trade school or a college certified by the Department of Education and credited by the local accrediting association. Only those scholarship request letters sent to the EWMC at PO Box 642, by certified, return receipt mail and postmarked no later than December 31, 2001, will be eligible for consideration for the 2002 scholarship. The winner’s name will be drawn at our 2002 National Meeting in Denver, Colorado. |
Annual AFL-CIO Civil and Human Rights Conference
The A. Philip Randolph Institute is soliciting activists to attend the AFL-CIO Civil and Human Rights Conference. The conference will begin on Sunday, December 2, 2001 at 9:00 a.m., and continue through Monday morning, December 3, 2001. The conference will be held at Paris & Bally’s hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Richard Womack, Director, AFL-CIO Civil and Human Rights Department, has indicated that the holding of the civil rights conference adjacent to the AFL-CIO 24th Convention is testimony to the importance of the civil and human rights issues to the trade union movement. These issues include: voting rights, full participation in the labor movement, the results of the World Conference Against Racism, immigrant workers rights, disability rights, ENDA, hate crimes and affirmative action. We hope that conference attendees will remain to attend the AFL-CIO Convention as special guests or union delegates. Please contact Eva Walton at the A. Philip Randolph Institute, 202/637-5274 if you plan to attend the conference. A Union Strawberry On March 8, 2001, the United Farm Workers of America reached an historic milestone by signing a three-year contract with the largest grower of strawberries in the United States, Coastal Berry Company. Strawberry workers have worked long and hard to earn this union contract. The workers at Coastal Berry covered by the new contract are among the best-paid and best -protected strawberry workers in the industry. The agreement allows for health insurance, dental coverage and life insurance. It also establishes a grievance and arbitration procedure and provides protections from unjust firings. Help get Coastal Berries union picked strawberries to your local supermarket. Consumers who champion the UFW now have an opportunity to help farm workers by purchasing Coastal Berry brand strawberries. We appeal to all those who are about justice for farm workers to ask for Coastal Berry Strawberries in stores, hotels, and restaurants. Executive Committee Please mail membership status questions and new member applications to Dorothy Fortier. Address other questions or concerns to the Executive Committee member in the area closest to you.
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Members-at-Large
Mike Davis, Business Mgr.
Keith Edwards, Business Mgr.
Carolyn Williams, ABM
Edwin Lopez, Bus. Rep.
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